Blyth's swift
| Blyth's swift | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Aves | 
| Clade: | Strisores | 
| Order: | Apodiformes | 
| Family: | Apodidae | 
| Genus: | Apus | 
| Species: | A. leuconyx | 
| Binomial name | |
| Apus leuconyx (Blyth, 1845) | |
Blyth's swift (Apus leuconyx) is a small species of bird. It is superficially similar to a house martin, but completely unrelated to those passerine species, as swifts are in the order Apodiformes. The resemblances between the groups are due to convergent evolution reflecting similar life styles.